Ending network access to PPC machines

[ewelme]

When the AFP client support is removed from Mac OS X next year, this will all but end network access to files stored on PPC machines. SMB authentication doesn't work, so Guest access over SMB seems to be the only option. Unless someone can suggest anything else, this looks like the end of the road for my two 2005 Power Mac G5s (4TB and 16GB RAM each)and my G4 Cube (750GB and maxed out RAM). Anyone any ideas the years of files I have on those machines can be accessed in future?

 

[Forest Expertise]

When the AFP client support is removed from Mac OS X next year, this will all but end network access to files stored on PPC machines. SMB authentication doesn't work, so Guest access over SMB seems to be the only option. Unless someone can suggest anything else, this looks like the end of the road for my two 2005 Power Mac G5s (4TB and 16GB RAM each)and my G4 Cube (750GB and maxed out RAM). Anyone any ideas the years of files I have on those machines can be accessed in future?

Wouldn't VNC or other remote desktop solutions work? There is also setting them up as a server that supports ftp or http (lighthttp can do this on Tiger on up but I am sure there are other alternatives). Bonjour should work also afaik.

 

[eyoungren]

When the AFP client support is removed from Mac OS X next year, this will all but end network access to files stored on PPC machines. SMB authentication doesn't work, so Guest access over SMB seems to be the only option. Unless someone can suggest anything else, this looks like the end of the road for my two 2005 Power Mac G5s (4TB and 16GB RAM each)and my G4 Cube (750GB and maxed out RAM). Anyone any ideas the years of files I have on those machines can be accessed in future?

What?

Are you saying that Apple removing AFP support from the next version of MacOS means that your two G5s and your G4 Cube will no longer be able to communicate between themselves? AFAIK, Apple isn't reaching backwards to rip out AFP client support from older versions of MacOS.

Or are you saying that this ends your ability to connect to these Macs from a newer Mac because you're going to update the OS on your M-series Mac?

If so…do like has frequently been done. Keep another Mac around on an earlier OS and use it as a bridge. Connect your M-series Mac to it via SMB and your PowerPC Macs to it using AFP. OR…get a NAS. Synology has older NAS devices that use SMB and AFP. I own two, plus one more that's a ZyXel, and it also has SMB and AFP.

Better yet, put the standard version of SMB (not the one installed with the OS) on your PowerPC Macs by installing DAVE: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/thursby-dave-621

The sky is not falling.

 

[Project Alice]

When the AFP client support is removed from Mac OS X next year, this will all but end network access to files stored on PPC machines. SMB authentication doesn't work, so Guest access over SMB seems to be the only option. Unless someone can suggest anything else, this looks like the end of the road for my two 2005 Power Mac G5s (4TB and 16GB RAM each)and my G4 Cube (750GB and maxed out RAM). Anyone any ideas the years of files I have on those machines can be accessed in future?

None of this matters whatsoever.

Most NAS devices can do AFP. I run TrueNAS Core, which has AFP. All of the devices can share files that way.

As to Apple allegedly removing the AFP client next year.. If that even happens, it won't matter either. Netatalk is available on homebrew and is an actively developed service.

 

[barracuda156]

Anything which does not strictly require kernel support can and will be done without Apple “supporting” anything.

There are numerous network protocols, and thankfully nobody needs Apple’s permission to use ssh etc.

 

[barracuda156]

SMB authentication doesn't work, so Guest access over SMB seems to be the only option.

Why doesn’t it? It this is a samba bug, please open a ticket so that they can fix it. Or it can be an incorrect setup locally.